My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Chapter 158

In the café.

Soft music was playing in the background. After ordering a fruit juice for himself, Austin looked at me

with annoyance in his eyes, "What do you want from me?"

"Do you hate me because of Andrea or because of something else?" I asked casually.

He laughed, "You want to meet me just to talk about this?"

I shook my head, "Nope. I'm just asking."

Discouraged by his response, I went ahead and said, "People shouldn't dwell on the past. Hendrix and

I are married, and we have settled down. I know you like Andrea, so why don't you confess your love

for her?"

"Are you done?" He frowned, visibly frustrated at me, "Arianna, just who do you think you are? Do you

really think that we will live our lives the way you want us to?"

I lowered my gaze and stopped talking.

I was never good at persuading someone, so I shifted my topic, "Let's talk about the factory in the

southern district then. The one you decided to shut it down on your own."

Austin was surprised and only started speaking after looking at my expression for a while, "I can't

believe you found out about this."

"I want to know why," I said directly.

That was a business-related matter. So, I didn't beat around the bush and went straight for it.

"Did you come to me first? Why didn't you report to Hendrix?" he asked.

I looked down at the table and explained, "You were in charge of Advancer Tech, and its factory had

been shut down for six months. Naturally, I'd come to you when I couldn't figure out from where you

found the funds to fill in for the loss. I believe that you didn't do this with bad intentions. Besides, I don't

want you to have any unnecessary dispute with Hendrix over this."

Austin sneered, "Arianna, you are this naive."

He raised his eyebrows and said cynically, "You can just tell Hendrix about Advancer Tech. He probably

already figured it out anyway."

"But," After a pause, he smiled and added, "I admire your work ethic. Don't get me wrong; I still hate

you. However, I must admit that although you're annoying, you're great to work with."

It wasn't news to me how mean Austin could be, so I wasn't bothered by his comments.

Since things had come to a conclusion, there was nothing more to discuss. So, I left.

When I got out of the café, I received a call from Monique. Something was off in her tone.

She asked me to meet her at the hospital.

Once there, I parked my car at the hospital's parking lot, and I saw her sitting in the lobby in just a

glimpse of an eye. Monique was sitting there alone, looking helpless and out of touch.

She was holding something that looked like medical records in her hand. Instantly, I knew that things

didn't seem right, so I walked up to her and took the records from her.

A blood test result and an ultrasound image were attached to the records. Noticing at the recorded

date, I asked in confusion, "Eight weeks pregnant? Who's the baby daddy?"

I knew Monique would occasionally hook up with guys.

But she had always been cautious. I wondered why she made such a simple mistake.

She dropped her head and pulled on her hair, "It was around the time when you went on the business

trip to Asherton."

I tried thinking back on the details, "Was it the night you got drunk?" I recalled that I asked Josiah to Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

pick her up as I was occupied at that time.

However, to my knowledge, Josiah had always been a gentleman and he never played around women.

"Is it Josiah?"

Monique stayed silent. She didn't want to tell me anything.

I sat down beside her and waited until she finally looked up at me and said, "I'm planning to sell the unit

in Bronzy Condo, then I'll move to Andoland."

I nodded, "I'll respect your decision no matter what. I have some extra money to spare if you ever

needed help."